“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.” (1 Peter 3:15-16) Apparently last week’s column about angels frustrated one of my readers because when I returned home from church last Sunday, my answering machine greeted me […]

“And the angel said unto them, fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” (Luke 2:10) Last week’s column about Lucifer prompted a lot of questions about angels. When did God create angels? What do angels do? How many angels are there? Do angels have bodies? What do angels look like? Do people become angels after death? The word, angel, actually comes from the Greek word aggelos, which means “messenger”, and is mentioned 201 times in the King […]

“You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from […]

“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6) When I was a child, I often worried about the world coming to an end. I know it’s unusual for children to have such thoughts, but you have to remember that my childhood saw the death of an American president, who had only recently weathered the Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, the explosion of television news brought all this drama right into our living room. It was a scary time for me. I can still remember those B-52’s […]